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drmichaelwatson
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Retired academic, admiistator,and psychotherapist: Enviromental Studies, Art, Psychology, Shamanism. Active sound and visual artist. Environmental and socially engaged art. Husband, father, and step-father. Post-polio.
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A post about late autumn, wildlife, synth woes, and the ebbing light.
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Oh, Deer! In the yard!
A clear, deep blue sky this frosty morning, by far the coldest dawn thus far in the season. The frost lay thick upon the leaves and grass as we walked into the village to have breakfast with a dear…
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November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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​On the “Shapes of Native Nonfiction”
A bright, seasonably cool day. The stiff breezes of the past few days have finally subsided somewhat. Wait! As soon as I wrote this the wind picked up and is moving the mostly bare tree branches vi…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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A Mid-November Day
A warm sun-lit day. Heavy rain overnight left leaf covered cars and a few puddles. There is a stiff westerly breeze which brings a chill to outdoor excursions. While many of the trees are now bare,…
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November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Deer In the Field
A seasonably warm day, pleasant enough that Nori spent twenty minutes on the porch. Here and there a few leaves cling to trees. From my window I can see determined reds among the scant dangling bro…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Veterans’ Day
We had a hard freeze overnight. Right now, as we approach 11 am, the official temperature is 35F and the wind is whistling along; the windchill is in the mid-20’s. The sun was out earlier but…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Veterans’ Day Eve
A wet, calm, densely foggy day, leaves floating ever so slowly down in drifts of colour. Last night we had an intense thunderstorm, lightening rippling across the sky in all directions. The heavy r…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Wildlife!
We may have had a freeze overnight; this morning there was frost on the cars and field. Now the sun is glare brilliant and there are thin white clouds beginning to build at the horizon, ahead of th…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Some Thoughts on Story
A gusty morning following high winds and rain overnight. The shy is clear and the late autumn sun is brilliant. Somehow, many of the trees edging our yard have kept their burnished leaves through a…
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November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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November Arrives
A bright morning, chilly but no frost. The foliage is ever thinner and the remaining vibrant patches fewer. Still, the maples show some rich reds against the autumn blue sky. November came in with …
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November 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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After the Storm
Bright sun welcomed us this morning. Now the sky is alive, alternating cloud and sun; suddenly overcast, then deep, rich, blue. It is hardly the quiet after the storm, the west wind howling past an…
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October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Grey Days
Today, like yesterday, is chilly, damp, and grey, November getting an early start. Each morning there are fewer leaves on the trees and more on the ground. Still, the trees in our yard have managed…
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October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Past Peak
Late Autumn Colour A lovely late October day. The temperature this morning stood near freezing but here, not far from the shore, there was still no frost. Still, Nori the cat wisely thought better …
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October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Sitting With Suffering
At sunrise, the sun illumines the brilliant red leaves of our maples. It is a cooler day of sun and cloud, the breeze producing brief showers of leaves from the trees. We’ve moved the overwin…
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October 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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A Leisurely Autumn
A blustery, warm day. We had showers earlier and now the sky is a mix of cloud and radiant blue, the proportions changing moment to moment. The wind has picked up and at times the gusts rising out …
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October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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With Friends At No Kings
This morning dawned with what Jennie aptly named “a winter sunrise”, the sky purple and pink along the horizon. Then came the wind, literally howling as it whipped and battered the tree…
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October 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Total Art, Total War
We are still fighting the Civil War and the First World War, with no end in site.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Dry and Thirsty
Today is Indigenous People’s Day in much of North America. Its also Thanksgiving Day in Canada! We give a warm shout out to all of our friends in Canada! This weekend is another round of &#82…
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October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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At the Solstice
Taking a moment to acknowledge the year’s turning.
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June 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A Hard Day
A cloudy, damp, deeply chilling day. Heavier rain is forecast for a bit later. A family of starlings have set up housekeeping just outside our dining room windows and fill the house with song in th…
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June 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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On May Sarton’s Big Questions
May Sarton asked the big ethical questions many seek to ignore.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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June and May Sarton
On storms, summer, and May Sarton.
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June 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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A soundscape in response to yesterday's shocking Supreme Court ruling on Deportations.
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Deportations and Echoes
A soundscape in response to he Supreme Courts ruling on Deportations.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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On Not Throwing Stones
Thinking about Jesus’ dictum that we not throw stones.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Reading Stanley Kunitz
On reading the late essays and poems of Stanley Kunitz.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I've been away for a couple of weeks, trying to decide whether this format works for me. Here is an update.

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A Priceless Gift
A lovely, partly sunny, late spring morning following a showery night. We are told more rain will arrive later in the day. We are in that magical moment when so much is in bloom. That said, the ear…
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May 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM